- Trail of Tears - Wikipedia
The Trail of Tears was the forced displacement and ethnic cleansing of about 60,000 Native Americans of the "Five Civilized Tribes", including their black slaves, [3][4][5] between 1830 and 1850 by the United States government
- Trail of Tears | Facts, Map, Significance | Britannica
The Trail of Tears was the forced relocation during the 1830s of Indigenous peoples of the Southeast region of the United States (including the Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Seminole, among others) to the so-called Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River
- What Happened on the Trail of Tears? - U. S. National Park Service
Thomas Jefferson proposed the creation of a buffer zone between U S and European holdings, to be inhabited by eastern American Indians This plan would also allow for American expansion westward from the original colonies to the Mississippi River
- Trail of Tears: Definition, Date Cherokee Nation | HISTORY
Today, the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail is run by the National Park Service and portions of it are accessible on foot, by horse, by bicycle or by car
- The Indian Removal Act and the Trail of Tears - Education
The Trail of Tears is the name given to the forced migration of the Cherokee people from their ancestral lands in Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, and North Carolina to new territories west of the Mississippi River
- Understanding the Trail of Tears: A Journey Through History
What Was the Trail of Tears? The Trail of Tears refers to the forced relocation of approximately 60,000 Native Americans from their ancestral homelands in southeastern United States to designated Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River during the late 1830s
- Trail of Tears (1831-1850) | BlackPast. org
The Trail of Tears, a consequence of greed and racism, was a shameful episode in our nation’s history that negatively impacted untold numbers of Indians but also intensified the suffering of their enslaved African Americans
- The Trail of Tears — The Indian Removals [ushistory. org]
About 20,000 Cherokees were marched westward at gunpoint on the infamous Trail of Tears Nearly a quarter perished on the way, with the remainder left to seek survival in a completely foreign land
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